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Between Authority and Liberty: State Constitution-making in Revolutionary America
Marc W. Kruman
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Paperback. In a reinterpretation of American political thought in the revolutionary era, Marc Kruman explores the process of constitution making in each of the 13 original states and shows that the framers created a distinctively American science of politics well before the end of the Confederation era. Num Pages: 238 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
In a major reinterpretation of American political thought in the revolutionary era, Marc Kruman explores the process of constitution making in each of the thirteen original states and shows that the framers created a distinctively American science of politics well before the end of the Confederation era. Suspicious of all government power, state constitution makers greatly feared arbitrary power and mistrusted legislators' ability to represent the people's interests. For these reasons, they broadened the suffrage and introduced frequent elections as a check against legislative self-interest. This analysis challenges Gordon Wood's now-classic argument that, at the beginning of the Revolution, the ... Read more
In a major reinterpretation of American political thought in the revolutionary era, Marc Kruman explores the process of constitution making in each of the thirteen original states and shows that the framers created a distinctively American science of politics well before the end of the Confederation era. Suspicious of all government power, state constitution makers greatly feared arbitrary power and mistrusted legislators' ability to represent the people's interests. For these reasons, they broadened the suffrage and introduced frequent elections as a check against legislative self-interest. This analysis challenges Gordon Wood's now-classic argument that, at the beginning of the Revolution, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807847978
SKU
V9780807847978
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About Marc W. Kruman
Marc W. Kruman, professor and chair of history at Wayne State University, is author of Parties and Politics in North Carolina, 1836-1865.
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